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Critics claim that Joseph Smith claimed to translate other texts or items, which can be checked against modern academic translations.  They claim that this "cross-checking" proves that Joseph could not have translated the Book of Mormon or other ancient texts.
 
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Joseph Smith as a translator

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Critics claim that Joseph Smith claimed to translate other texts or items, which can be checked against modern academic translations. They claim that this "cross-checking" proves that Joseph could not have translated the Book of Mormon or other ancient texts.

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Book of Abraham

Joseph Smith and the Greek psalter

Summary: Critics claim that an ancient text of Greek psalms (a "psalter") was misidentified by Joseph Smith as a containing "reformed Egyptian" hieroglyphics.

Kinderhook Plates

Summary: Given the evidence that the Kinderhook plates were fraudulent, how can one explain the following things: Why did William Clayton claim that Joseph Smith had translated a portion of the plates? Where did the translation described by Clayton come from if the plates were actually fake? By what means did Joseph attempt to translate the plates?